interface StringDecoderInstance {
    readonly encoding: string;
    write(buf: Uint8Array): string;
    end(buf?: Uint8Array): string;
}
interface StringDecoderConstructor {
    new (encoding?: string): StringDecoderInstance;
    (this: StringDecoderInstance, encoding?: string): void;
    prototype: StringDecoderInstance;
}
/**
 * StringDecoder provides an interface for efficiently decoding Buffer data
 * into strings while preserving multi-byte characters that are split across
 * Buffer boundaries.
 *
 * Implemented as a function constructor (not ES6 class) for compatibility
 * with legacy CJS patterns that use StringDecoder.call(this, enc).
 */
declare const StringDecoder: StringDecoderConstructor;
export { StringDecoder };
declare const _default: {
    StringDecoder: StringDecoderConstructor;
};
export default _default;